A)

B)
C)
D)

1.The local fire department sounds the 12 o'clock whistle. The process by which your ears
transform the sound waves from the siren into neural impulses is an example of
interposition.
parallel processing.
transduction.
sensory interaction.

A)
B)
C)
D)

2.A subliminal message is one that is presented

below one's absolute threshold for awareness.
in a manner that is unconsciously persuasive.
with very soft background music.
repetitiously.

A)
B)
C)
D)

3.If you move your watchband up your wrist an inch or so, you will feel it for only a few
moments. This best illustrates
parallel processing.
accommodation.
sensory adaptation.
Weber's law.

A)
B)
C)
D)

4.The wavelength of light determines its

retinal disparity.
brightness.
amplitude.
hue.

A)
B)
C)
D)

5.Multiple ________ send combined messages to a bipolar cell, whereas a single ________
may link directly to a single bipolar cell.
rods; cone
cones; rod
hair cells; basilar membrane
basilar membranes; hair cell

A)
B)
C)
D)

6.Some stroke victims lose the capacity to perceive motion but retain the capacity to
perceive shapes and colors. Others lose the capacity to perceive colors but retain the
capacity to perceive movement and form. These peculiar visual disabilities best illustrate
our normal capacity for
sensory adaptation.
parallel processing.
sensory interaction.
accommodation.

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A)
B)
C)
D)

7.The opponent-process theory is most useful for explaining a characteristic of

phantom limb sensations.
Weber's law.
accommodation.
afterimages.

A)
B)
C)
D)

8.The way in which you quickly group the individual letters in this test item into separate
words best illustrates the principle of
closure.
proximity.
interposition.
perceptual constancy.

A)
B)
C)
D)

9.The fact that we recognize objects as having a consistent form regardless of changing
viewing angles illustrates
interposition.
the phi phenomenon.
perceptual constancy.
the McGurk effect.

A)
B)
C)
D)

10.The Moon illusion refers to our tendency to perceive the Moon as unusually
large when it is near the horizon.
large when it is high in the sky.
bright when it is near the horizon.
bright when it is high in the sky.

A)
B)
C)
D)

11.Immanuel Kant and John Locke would have been most likely to disagree about the extent
to which perception is influenced by
cultural experience.
retinal disparity.
accommodation.
relative luminance.

A)
B)
C)
D)

12.Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely to affect one's

vision.
audition.
sense of smell.
vestibular sense.
13.Holding a heavy rather than a light clipboard leads people to perceive job candidates as

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A)
B)
C)
D)

more important. This best illustrates

Weber's law.
telekinesis.
embodied cognition.
the McGurk effect.

A)
B)
C)
D)

14.Receptor cells for the vestibular sense send messages to the

fovea.
cerebellum.
olfactory cortex.
frontal lobes.

A)
B)
C)
D)

15.Psychics are unable to make millions of dollars betting on horse races. This undermines
their claims to possess the power of
clairvoyance.
interposition.
precognition.
telepathy.

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Answer Key
1.C
2.A
3.C
4.D
5.A
6.B
7.D
8.B
9.C
10.A
11.A
12.B
13.C
14.B
15.C

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